Marc Dupuis-Desormeaux, Ph.D.
Conservation Biologist and CEO
Interests: Human-Wildlife Conflicts and Mitigation, Movement Ecology, Population Studies, Carnivore Research, Turtle Demographics and Movement, Citizen Science, Road Ecology, Fencing for Conservation and Ecological Restoration
Interests: Human-Wildlife Conflicts and Mitigation, Movement Ecology, Population Studies, Carnivore Research, Turtle Demographics and Movement, Citizen Science, Road Ecology, Fencing for Conservation and Ecological Restoration
-NEWS -
Sept 2023 - I start a new and exciting role as
President and CEO of the Turtle Survival Alliance.
Please see the website for more information as to what we do to protect turtles
www.turtlesurvival.org
Wildlife biologist and reformed capital markets banker. My interests lie in human-wildlife conflicts, carnivore behaviour in small reserves and population dynamics of wildlife in urban centres. I have field sites in Kenya (at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy), where I study carnivore behaviour, prey-traps, wildlife fencing, as well as issues arising in communities living on the borders of wildlife conservancies. More recently, I work with pancake tortoises in Northern Kenya.
I am currently an adjunct faculty member at York University and will not be teaching any courses as of Sept 2024. I used to teach Introduction to Biology, Ecology, and Behavioural Ecology both in French and/or in English. I have also developed a new course called "La vie sauvage de Toronto", an urban ecology course for non-science majors. I am active as an urban field biologist and work closely with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) where I study turtle demographics in urban and created wetlands as well as the effects of persistent road mortality on turtle demographics.
Sept 2023 - I start a new and exciting role as
President and CEO of the Turtle Survival Alliance.
Please see the website for more information as to what we do to protect turtles
www.turtlesurvival.org
Wildlife biologist and reformed capital markets banker. My interests lie in human-wildlife conflicts, carnivore behaviour in small reserves and population dynamics of wildlife in urban centres. I have field sites in Kenya (at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy), where I study carnivore behaviour, prey-traps, wildlife fencing, as well as issues arising in communities living on the borders of wildlife conservancies. More recently, I work with pancake tortoises in Northern Kenya.
I am currently an adjunct faculty member at York University and will not be teaching any courses as of Sept 2024. I used to teach Introduction to Biology, Ecology, and Behavioural Ecology both in French and/or in English. I have also developed a new course called "La vie sauvage de Toronto", an urban ecology course for non-science majors. I am active as an urban field biologist and work closely with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) where I study turtle demographics in urban and created wetlands as well as the effects of persistent road mortality on turtle demographics.
Community Service:
- Chair, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (Canada), 2016-on-going
- Field Conservation Committee, Turtle Survival Alliance, 2021-on-going
- Finance Committee of the Board, Turtle Survival Alliance, 2022-on-going
- Board director, the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre, 2021 -on-going (ontarioturtle.ca)
- Board Member (Member-at-large) Canadian Herpetological Society since 2021
- Member of the Heart Lake Turtle Troopers, 2021
- Member of the North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group, 2017- on-going
- Member of the IUCN SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group since 2021
- Member of the Royal Canadian Institute for Science since 2020
- Scientific Advisory Committee, Carolinian Coalition Canada, 2015-2020
- Board member, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (Canada), 2007-2016
- Board member, Carolinian Coalition Canada, 2013-2014
- Board member, Toronto Zoo Foundation, 2007-2008
Education:
Institution Degree Year
York University Ph.D. Biology (Ecology & Evolution) 2016
York University Master of Environmental Studies (Wildlife Conservation) 2010
University of British Columbia Master of Business Administration 1993
University of Ottawa Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) 1988